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The Diverter Of The Tension Between Effort And Fate In Morden Times

Posted on:2017-11-21Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:D H ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:1365330566961219Subject:Chinese philosophy
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This article concerns about the concept transition during switching from 19 th to20th century,and is based on the analysis frame of The Tension between Effort and Fate.The Tension between Effort and Fate is a topic of long history in Chinese philosophy.Its core is the discussion of freedom.However,traditional concept always puts people under the ruling of fate,and suppresses the utilizing of effort.In the modern times,the western invasion puts China in the edge of extinction.Chinese pursued power as well as answering the question of where China is going.On the other hand,Chinese looked into themselves why we lack power and why the western is powerful due the fact that the western conquered the world by power.The value of The Tension between Effort and Fate has been reversed.Regarding to the question that which of effort and fate has greater power,and which is dominate,the value has changed into emphasizing that the limit of freedom and inherent power by people can win or even excess the objective limit and affect his fate,from emphasizing the ruling of fate to people and the surrender of people to fate.Regarding to the relationship between the ruling of fate and effect(power)of subject,the concept structure has changed into the self-supporting and the fighting with fate by the subject of effort,human being,as well as the traversal interaction between subjects to reach agreement and form joint force,from traditional downwardly perpendicular dimension by fate.This process is extended as criticizing a series of essential concepts,primarily fate,such as heaven,Tao,principle,to destruct their mystery into regular and normative concepts,such as rules,axiom and morality,which can be studied and utilized.During this process,subjectivity is clarified,its capability is shown,and many aspects as well as knowledge,emotion,will,and morality.The covered meanings of traditional topic of The Tension between Effort and Fate obtain rational and clear clarification,and are interpreted into a series of meanings including scientific regularity and human's understanding capability on concept of nature,historic regularity and subject motility on concept of history,legality,which is illustrated by effectiveness and justice,and participation or competition in the field of politics,and moral determinism and moral autonomy in the field of ethics.The diversity of meanings and revolution of concepts is projection on concept by the enormous change of social life on one hand,and result of further clarification to questions of different fields by thinkers during their struggle.During this process,thinkers give abundant understanding and value affirmation about subject and freedom on modernity to recent concepts family tree,which reeals the creation and gains of The Tension between Effort and Fate in modern age.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Tension between Effort and Fate, Power, Destiny, Subjectivity
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